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Ubuntu: 1316-1 Critical T1lib Application Crash Advisory

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t1lib could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened aspecially crafted font file.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1316-1
December 21, 2011

t1lib vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

t1lib could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted font file.

Software Description:
- t1lib: Type 1 font rasterizer library - runtime

Details:

Jonathan Brossard discovered that t1lib did not correctly handle certain
malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted
font file, a remote attacker could cause t1lib to crash or possibly execute
arbitrary code with user privileges.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:
  libt1-5                         5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.10.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
  libt1-5                         5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.04.1

Ubuntu 10.10:
  libt1-5                         5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.10.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libt1-5                         5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1316-1
  CVE-2011-0764

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/t1lib/5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/t1lib/5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/t1lib/5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/t1lib/5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.04.1

Ubuntu: 1316-1 Critical T1lib Application Crash Advisory

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Boost the security of your Ubuntu systems by mitigating the vulnerabilities detailed in the USN-1316-1 advisory regarding t1lib. Timely system updates are essential
t1lib could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened aspecially crafted font file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: libt1-5 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.10.1 Ubuntu 11.04: libt1-5 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.04.1 Ubuntu 10.10: libt1-5 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.10.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libt1-5 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1316-1

CVE-2011-0764

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December 21, 2011

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/t1lib/5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/t1lib/5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/t1lib/5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/t1lib/5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.04.1

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